Class, the link above is to "The Education of Henry Adams"
We are reading the following:
Ch. 1 "Quincy"
Ch. 15 "Darwinism"
Ch. 22 "Chicago"
Ch. 25 "The Dynamo and the Virgin"
Here are some interesting links to some of the various connotations associated with the French term "fin-de-siècle" that Adams uses in the beginning of Chapter XXII Chicago:
The first is good ol' wiki, the second is from the Tate Collection in the UK -- CarJim
Class, the link above is to "The Education of Henry Adams"
We are reading the following:
Ch. 1 "Quincy"
Ch. 15 "Darwinism"
Ch. 22 "Chicago"
Ch. 25 "The Dynamo and the Virgin"
Here are some interesting links to some of the various connotations associated with the French term "fin-de-siècle" that Adams uses in the beginning of Chapter XXII Chicago:
The first is good ol' wiki, the second is from the Tate Collection in the UK -- CarJim
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fin-de-siecle
http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=105